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Nissan plows into White Plains Mall; driver likely hit wrong pedal

Workers pull a Nissan Maxima from the White Plans Dialysis Center storefront at the White Plains Mall on April 25, 2014. The car crashed through the center's window. No one was injured.
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Christopher Vaughan, cvaughan2@lohud.om 11:45 p.m. EDT April 25, 2014

Bystander: 'I heard the first crash and saw the car come through the door.'

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A Silver Nissan Maxima is pulled out of the White Plains Dialysis Center at the White Plains Mall on April 25, 2014. The car crashed through the storefront.(Photo: Christopher Vaughan/The Journal News)Buy Photo

WHITE PLAINS – An older woman who most likely hit the wrong pedal while trying to park crashed her car into a dialysis center's storefront at the White Plains Mall on Friday, a fire official said.

No one was injured, but there was at least one close call.

"I was three chairs from the door, I had to just sit there," said Deneen Gatewood, a 49-year-old Greenburgh resident waiting for treatment at the center. "I heard the first crash and saw the car come through the door."

The driver was parking in the outdoor lot's space directly in front of the White Plains Dialysis Center when her silver Nissan Maxima jumped onto the sidewalk and rammed into the center's glass entrance around 8:30 a.m., White Plains Deputy Fire Chief Richard Houlihan said.

The woman, who was examined by EMS, was unharmed, said the deputy fire chief. Her name was not released.

The medical center at 200 Hamiliton Ave. sustained no structural damage and was expected to reopen Friday afternoon, Houlihan said.

White Plains firefighters sealed off the storefront to check the building's condition and clear embedded glass and debris.

A tow truck crew removed the car, which was almost entirely inside the building. Glass and pieces of metal and wood from the building fell from the body of the car, which did not appear badly wrecked as it slowly mounted the truck's flatbed.